Dua to prevent sleepiness, have you ever had a lot of work that wasn’t ready, you had to work at night, but you were always chased by drowsiness so many tasks were often left behind and unprepared.
I myself have and often experience heavy sleepiness, even though I want to finish reading sholawat up to 400 times, I’ve been drinking coffee but a very strong drowsiness overpowers me and makes me unable to finish reading sholawat.
Well, actually there are two ways to prevent sleepiness that can be practiced so that we don’t fall asleep before we want to sleep.
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There are also times when we want to recite the Koran up to one juz, but always can’t because we are sleepy that are always chasing us.
So, what’s the solution so you don’t fall asleep. Ok, here we give the best dua to get rid of sleepiness.
KH Achmad Chalwani in his book “Risalah Do’a & Shalawat“, he explained and gave a dua to prevent sleepiness, which was taken from Al-‘Arif Billah KH Nahrowi Dalhar (1870-1959) Watucongol, Muntilan, Magelang. We will share here a dua for prevent sleepiness.
This is a dua from the Koran, namely surah baqarah verse 255 which is known as ayatul kursi, so this prayer to prevent sleepiness is part of ayatul Kursi.
لَا تَأْخُذُهٗ سِنَةٌ وَّلَا نَوْمٌۗ
Transliteration: Lā ta’khudzuḥū sinatuw walā naūm
Translation: “God is not sleepy and does not sleep.” (Achmad Chalwani, Minutes of Prayer & Shalawat, [Purworejo, KESAPP: 2021] VIII edition, page 33).
In the book it is explained how to read it, where to prevent sleep we read the verse 7 times after the fardh prayer or after the five daily prayers.
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Thus the dua for prevent sleepiness which was taken from KH Achmad Chalwani and he took permission (diploma) from KH Al-‘Arif Billah KH Nahrowi Dalhar Watucongol Magelang, Indonesia.
Hopefully useful for all of us, and can be used for good.
If you want to read sholawat 1000 times a night, or want to read the Koran and feel sleepy, try practicing this dua to prevent sleepiness. Hope it is useful!
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Dua After Adhan: Arabic, Transliteration and Translation
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